Princess Alexandra of Hanover is spending part of her summer in Denmark with Ben-Sylvester Strautmann, her long-term partner. The getaway follows a stint in Capri, where the couple soaked up the Mediterranean sun and tried their hand at water sports. This time, they’ve traded southern Europe’s heat for Copenhagen’s cooler air, a city whose mix of design, art, and nature suits the pair well.
The couple watching from the stands during a recent outing in Monaco, Ben leaning in for a quiet word as Alexandra takes in the action. (Getty Images)
Alexandra shared glimpses of the trip on social media, documenting monuments, museums, parks, gardens, and local food along the way. Dressed in casual, city-appropriate looks, the couple got around by bike, the preferred mode of transportation in Copenhagen, where bicycles outnumber residents. In one photo, Ben wears a sweatshirt reading “Hannover,” a nod to his partner that didn’t go unnoticed by fans.
The pair also walked the paths around Copenhagen’s Søerne lakes, a favorite spot for walking, running and taking in the scenery, stopping along the way to refuel with local specialties.
Art, design and a museum they couldn’t skip
Alexandra de Hannover and Ben-Sylvester Strautmann at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, both wearing VIP paddock passes for the race weekend (WireImage)
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The trip’s highlight was a visit to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, just outside Copenhagen. Widely considered Scandinavia’s most-visited contemporary art museum, Louisiana is known for weaving architecture, art and landscape into a single experience. The couple spent much of the day there, taking in the museum’s current exhibitions, including one devoted to Lucian Freud, a central figure in 20th-century British figurative painting.
Among the works Alexandra featured in her photo carousel was Freud’s Girl with a Fig Leaf (1947), a piece from within the museum’s current Freud showcase that clearly caught her eye.
Before leaving, the couple stopped at the museum bookshop, a favorite among art and design lovers, where Alexandra browsed art publications and Danish design objects. One piece that stood out to her: a mushroom-shaped, hand-blown glass creation by designer Helle Mardahl, part of her Mushroom Table Lamp collection.
A new apartment — and growing engagement talk
2026 has been a year of change for the princess. Earlier this year, Alexandra moved out of her mother’s home and into her own apartment for the first time, a transition she said she’d spent months preparing for, ordering furniture and working through the inevitable hiccups. Most of her items arrived just before Christmas, and once everything was unpacked and settled, she finally had a space of her own, “ordered and with a purpose.”
In a Substack post, she admitted the adjustment wasn’t easy. The first night in her new place brought “unbearable nervousness,” and it took time to settle into the new neighborhood and routine. Within days, though, she said she felt fully at home.
The move has only fueled speculation in Monaco about what might come next. Alexandra, 27, and Ben, also 27, have been together for a decade, and while talk of an engagement keeps building, the couple has made no formal announcement. Monaco hasn’t seen a royal wedding since 2019, when Charlotte Casiraghi married Dimitri Rassam, followed weeks later by her cousin Louis Ducruet’s wedding to Marie Chevallier. Could Princess Caroline‘s youngest daughter be next?
Alexandra de Hannover and Ben-Sylvester Strautmann coordinate in tailored neutrals for a daytime event along the Monaco coastline. (Getty Images)